Dread Knight 0 Posted April 14, 2014 Feel free to add my project, Ancient Beast, to this list as well. It's a Heroes of Might and Magic clone, I see you made 2 categories for that The source is available here https://github.com/FreezingMoon/AncientBeast (project is free open source). Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted April 21, 2014 In a super belated post, I think this is a quite funny April Fools joke. Share this post Link to post
Nyerguds 97 Posted April 24, 2014 They could've used zombie models rather than skeletons, though Share this post Link to post
PurpleGaga27 37 Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Other than Renegade-X, Blacklight: Retribution is another one of those free-to-play MP games with skirmish modes powered by the Unreal Engine 3. Mr. Flibble, I like you to add Blacklight: Retribution as a free Battlefield/Call of Duty alternative. To get the game, it's in Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/209870 Edited May 12, 2014 by zocom7 1 Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted May 26, 2014 Mr. Flibble, I like you to add Blacklight: Retribution as a free Battlefield/Call of Duty alternative. To get the game, it's in Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/209870Thanks for the info! (Sorry for a belated reply, I didn't check the forums for a while.) Share this post Link to post
PurpleGaga27 37 Posted April 7, 2015 Here's another alternative to all YugiOh PC and Nintendo games, YGOPRO (known as Yu-Gi-Oh Pro), the free open-source game supported by most types of OSs, even Android and iOS. It is codenamed the Percy version and is the most stable among all other alternatives: http://ygopro.co The alternatives to the original YGOPRO: YGOPRO TDOANE: http://ygopro.org DevPro: http://ygopro.de/en (created by the German players) Salvation: http://ygopro.us (created by the female players) MyCard: http://my-card.in (Chinese version) Share this post Link to post
HOPE1134 28 Posted June 3, 2015 Battlefield 2: Project Reality mod is now standalone http://www.moddb.com/mods/project-reality/downloads/project-reality-bf2-standalone Share this post Link to post
PurpleGaga27 37 Posted June 3, 2015 Except for the fact that it's 6.9 GB to download as an ISO file. That's huge for an indie game. Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) Wyrmsun is a free, open source real-time strategy game that runs on the Stratagus engine (an engine recreation of Warcraft II). Its art style is remarkable close to that of Blizzard's famous game, however Wyrmsun is an original title with its own unique features like individual unit names, traits and experience points, a turn-based grand strategy mode, and a setting that blends fantasy and mythology with real historical background. Wyrmsun is free and open source, but those who would like to support its development can buy copies from Steam and Desura. Annex: Conquer the World is a free, open source real-time strategy game based on the MegaGlest engine, which is apparently inspired by the Command & Conquer series of games, as well as Earth 2140 and sequels, Warzone 2100 and StarCraft. There are four playable factions, several terrain tilesets, customizable tech trees, campaign scenarios, skirmish and mutliplayer modes. The same developer is working on another RTS with a space sci-fi setting, called Terra Centauri: Last Stand. A beta is available here. openKB is an engine recreation project for New World Computing's King's Bounty, with planned support for the original game's files as well as a free open source data set. The development is in its early stages, so no downloads yet. Free Mars is a free, open source turn-based strategy game inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization, Colonization and Alpha Centauri. Rescue! Max is a remake of Rescue!, a Mac shareware game. CATharsis is a project to create an open source clone of Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project in Blender. It's not an engine recreation, but rather a stand-alone game similar to DNMP but with its own protagonist, art, levels etc. Rather early stages of development. OpenGGS is an open source remake of The Great Giana Sisters (a Super Mario Bros. clone). The author has permission to use original graphics from the Commodore 64 version, but there's also a free tile set as well. In other news, recently a Windows binary executable was made available for LordsAWar!, a free open source clone of SSG's Warlords II. The version is 0.3.0, which features a two single-player scenarios, random map mode, and network multiplayer. Edited July 29, 2015 by MrFlibble Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted October 18, 2015 Added the free/prototype version of Sublevel Zero as a game inspired by Descent. Essentially, it's a 6DoF corridor flyer/shooter with randomly generated levels: This free prototype version was made in 72 hours and submitted to Ludum Dare. The game was then further developed into a commercial version which is very different from the initial free release. Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted October 29, 2015 Feudal Wars is a project of a free browser-based medieval RTS inspired by Age of Empires II. The list of features can be found here, and the project messageboard showcases the graphics and other stuff already done. According to the FAQ, there will be a kickstarter for the game at some point. There seem to be no plans for a non-browser versions for now, but perhaps the authors will agree to release their assets into public domain and those could be combined with the OpenAge engine recreation of AoE2. Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted December 16, 2015 Freedoom v0.10 is out, with lots of improvements. More monsters and almost all weapons have been replaced with higher quality art. Maps have been updated as well. Wyrmsun v1.8.0 adds the custom hero option and inventories for heroes and high-level units. Share this post Link to post
TaxOwlbear 20 Posted December 19, 2015 Does someone have a download link for Dark Conflict? The website is down. I found via the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20150304080203/http://www.teamxtcgames.com/dark_konflict.htm ... but the download links don't work. Share this post Link to post
Plok 314 Posted December 19, 2015 To add something to the list... OpenRCT2 is an early-in-development open-source recreation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 with a similar goal to OpenTTD. It's being done in C, and requires RCT2 to be installed at the moment, but you can bypass that by installing the special Triple Thrill Pack demo (info here). 1 Share this post Link to post
TaxOwlbear 20 Posted December 19, 2015 Nevermind, found a working download here: http://www.gametion.com/download-games/multiplayer-games/dark-konflict-games-free-download.htm 1 Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted January 1, 2016 Dark Konflict seemed like a very promising game, it's a pity the development was abandoned. Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted April 20, 2017 A user in another forum notified me that some links were down/hacked so I replaced them with Wayback Machine links. Some more games were added to the list too. Share this post Link to post
InfernoDisco 0 Posted June 13, 2019 Wow, this thread is awesome! Bookmarked it! The last time I was reading about free alternatives was an article in some computer magazine in 2006. By the way does anybody knows is there an alternative to this game? Thanks. Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted July 8, 2021 Here's a nice game: Robot Redemption. It's based on the source code of Hovertank 3D and plays rather similarly. And The Vigilance of Nephthys is fairly similar to / inspired by Catacomb 3D games. Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted July 28, 2021 Did a major update/overhaul of the first post. I decided to focus on accurate recreations of non-free games, and ditched those free projects that can be thought of as an Ersatz of several games in a certain genre, but aren't specifically emulating any particular title (like Cube, MegaGlest or Annex: Conquer the World). Note that direct unauthorised/unofficial remakes which use proprietary data or other content are not included in the lists. The games are now grouped based on completely different principles that hopefully reflect the field in a more meaningful way than before. I corrected some classification errors too -- previously some games that were not engine recreations with free data were labelled as such (e.g. Dave Gnukem -- it does not use original Duke Nukem 1 data). I updated links where necessary, and added Wayback Machine links if project pages are no longer available. Abandoned projects that have not reached any meaningful stage of development are no longer features in the lists. Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) On 9/10/2012 at 5:49 PM, MrFlibble said: Warcraft II o Aleona's Tales Recently I discovered that the latest version of Aleona's Tales (bundled with Wargus 2.4.3) does no work out of the box - in fact, no 2.4.x release does. I figured out that this is caused by errors with PNG files, which I was able to correct and threw together a fix for the latest version: tales-2.4.3-fix.zip To use, first install the 2.4.3 release from GitHub, then unzip the contents of the fix archive, overwriting the files. Edited December 9, 2021 by MrFlibble Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted October 21, 2021 Updated the Aleona's Tales fix: aleonas-tales-2.4.3-fix-r2.zip Share this post Link to post
MrFlibble 31 Posted October 24, 2021 Here's a little hotfix for Aleona's Tales sprites: tales-quick-fix.zip It repairs some extra transparency in Peasant, Fawn, Knight and Gryphon sprites, and adds shadows to Footman and Archer sprites. Additionally, I replaced Footman and under attack voice with higher quality alternatives by David Slimp which I found in the old CVS repo, plus I attempted to repair some other speech and sounds with clicks and noise using Audacity. Share this post Link to post